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A band of Freemen, brave and cool, Have left the plough,-l:iid down the tool, And seized the musket,-grasped the sword, And marched to meet the Northern horde. Appealing to the God of nighj, To judge the eause,-defend the-right,' Their honor and their lives they pledge, To save their homes from sacrilege. A gallant chief will lead them on, Till foes are routed,-victory won ; With them at least he'll dare to try, With them succeed, or with them die. They'll do or die, for well they know, Defeat would fill the land with woe, And render life so great a curse, That death itself could be no worse. Surrou, Va., Oct. 186,1. The World as it Is. The world is not so bad a world, As some would like to make it; Though whether good, or whether bad, Depends on how we take it. For if we scold and fret all day, From dewy morn till even, This world will ne'er afford to man A foretaste here of heaven. This world in truth's as good a worll As e'er was known to any Who have not seen another yet, . - And they are very many : And if the men and women too, Have plenty of employment, 2 Those surely must be hard to please Who cannot find enjoyment. This world is quite a clever world, - In rain or pleasant weather, If people would but learn to live In harmony together. Nor seek to burst the kindly bond By love and peace cemented, And learn the best of lessons yet. To always be contented. Then were the world a pleasant world, And pleasant folks were in it, The day wonll pass most pleasantly To those who thus begin it; And all the nameless grievances Brought on by borrowed troubles, Would prove as certainly they are, " A mass ofetapty ,ubbles! - .,a - a Forgive and Forget. s 'Tis true that I have wronged thee, love. But yet I did not think t To cause thy spirit bitter draughts From sorrow's cup to drink. And oh, I feel thou would'st forgive. If thou didst only know How in my bosom madly rolls The surging tide of woe ; Then, oh, let thy kind, loving heart My frailties all forget, Or I shall waste my life away 1 In tears of keen regret. We know, within the Book of Life, God has this precept given, C " That they who never here forgive, Shall never be forgiven." We are all frail-all, all will sin, It is thy lot and mine;t To err is human-to forgive Is God-like-is divine. Then, as my fault has been atoned, By tears of and regret, Oh, take me to thy heart once more, Forgive me--and forget. For the Advertiser. Virginia Corresplondence. i CENTREYJLE OCt. 29, 1801l. p .21y dear Friendls: The arrival of Colonel Qtuamr~rUMs, and tko comfort, pleasure andt gratification incident thereupon, mioves my fingers once more to straddle the pen staff.i When Col. Q. got here, we were out in the wild woods~, five iniles off picketing, freezing and btarvintg; on Sunday the :27th, we came into Camp, and already the active and public spirited Col. has his boxes at their respective quarters. Could you have witnessed thet scene ! It was Sunday too, but there is no Sunday here ; you may rely upon it the Sev enth weeded a wide row that afternoon ! Capt- I B od men unpacked and immwediately donned a stout and comfortable new uniform; gray cloth, trimmed with black velvet and sit. ver Palmetto buttons. Capt. DENNY s men did the same thing, coming out in a bright new uniform of the same description. Old: men and youths, white, black and yellow, strutted with gratifiod pride and unwonted cleanliness. The Company of Capt. IloDGES, of Abbeville, were also opening a new tuni forma, andl a very pretty one; dlark gray with brilliant orange stripes. The Companies of Capta. TAI.ulsn-r, Hi~s-ri:at, Warrm and UnAn L.EY got uniforms a fortnight or three weeks ago, and have only just broke them in. Very lately, Mr. RoTuras:u: brought on for the 'JA LC:ERT Company ifteen hundred and twen ty-five dollars worth of~ goods~ and clothing ; while Captain Bn:Amm.Ev received at the hands of' Mr. CooK eleven hundred and fifteen dl lars worth. Does'nt it seem incredible? The uniform of Capt. Bt.Amn' Company, though in use for three months or more, is still the handsomest and heaviest in the' Regiment. And besides the uniiformns, were very numner ous boxes of eatables ;principally wies cor dials, cakes, and sweet things in general. You have rno idea, friends belo'ved. how domu bly delightful such things are to us lere; such a heavenly change from the fatal and inevita ble beef and bread ! Oh, what gorwandizing I beheld (and assisted in) on that afternoon - and evening! What prodig'al waste of delica cies thatt might hatve lasted for weeks ! Sol. box I assisted at was Sergeant Joiux CAR wtr.E's, in which we found inimitable and un approachable ham ; besides biscuits, crackers, pickles and catsup. We ate to our heart's content ; in fact we swept the platter, and, like the beasts-in Revelation, " stamped the residue with olr feet." The street of Co.-II. was rife with goodies; the brares, one and all, smelt "of the box boxy." And there were. warm overcoats brought to light ; and boots and shoes and hats; to say nothing of the ugly and unavoidable nether garments. But why, my friends, dont yon send more Corer;ng ? Covering is now the grail d".riil eralum. At the suggestion of Col. r.von I take this method of returning our thanks to Miss Tzrt.v SmTiu and Miss EtmI WATrso For their valuable box. They have set a no bale example. And also to Miss I -.-y and. Mtiss R.--n of Mr. A. S--tht's canily, for two sumptuously provided boxet, grnerously !ontributel by them to our mess ; truly, " the iberal heart deviseth liberal things.' And vill it be too egotistical if wd (Mr. Wei. Beit ELL and your narrator) send a thousand cindly thanks to our friend .1argaret, for her )ounteous and beautiful box ; the giver is fumble, but the gift is thereby the more to e appreciated. I can't help telling Miss T.LY he dest-ination.of one pair of her blankets. gave them to the humerons and improvi-. lent Wanr JoussoN, whom I found some ime ago sick and covered with an old f/annl >ellicoat. Wrin: sends the young lady as. nany eloquent thanks as if the blankets had seen ticketd expressly for him ; in the mean iue he has packed away the old petticoat, tud labeled the box containing it " The sbrine of Memory "--so he says. But in reality, let me humbly suggest that loting be somewhat given over and cocering tudertaken. Two large comforts are worth half dozen flimsy skimpy blankots. It is tow e6ld, very cold ; for two mornings we iave had heavy frosts, and even ice. In a ew weeks I suppose, we shall have snow and cc a furlong in depth. The men are want ng warm bedding; some actually Sit up all right beside the camp tires, while others leep by reliev-. Will the ladies of the Edge eld Association think me presuming if I dvise that their boxes fur this Regiment be ent exclusively to Company H ? Most other ssociations of the kind send almost entirely ; the Companies front their partienil'ar local Lies. By this time you know all about the glori us victory of Leesburg ; what profound ause for cougratulation we have. You are lso aware by this time that the Advance .rmy of the Potomac has fallen back to the icinity of Centreville, hard by the classic anks of Bull Run, and only a couple of miles rout the memorable battle field of the 21st. f July. The country for miles round is one ontinuous camp ; cavalry, infantry, artillery, aggag-e trains, forage trains, pickets, Gen. rals with their suites, &c., throng every path nd every highway. Contreville is being mmensely fortified. Our Generals are try= ng to draw McU i.A..S on into the fatal lull Run country; whethtr lie will come or tot is entirely uncertain. I think he must o sonething; before the meet'ing of the Lin. Adn C9nmgress, or else aeknowledge thatbhe is ibliged to give it up ; and besides there will n all probability,be a revolution at the North f he does not come forward. There are trong probabilities that we ay have a grand >attle in a fortnight; and, on the other hand, here are strong pirobabilities that we may top here until Spring withpour hands folded. h'e hear nothing yet of wiater quarters. The Adcertiser reached us last ntiglit ; it is great treat indeed ! We all sincerely love he old Advurtisecr. Cot. SuMIrSs' bright and ~enial and svarm-hearted greetings and eon 'abs " To our Soldieras" are grateful and en-' ertaininig to us beyond expression ; we thank: tint over and over and over again. What suld be equal-'to the ircandie tale ? If he Col. laughled till " it hurt him," what did we do ? And that potato, the residue of which erved for "ltater biscuits !" Do send us some uch ; there will be no residue here, though, teither for " tater biscuits " nor slop tub. The election for Representative to Con ~ress is near at hand ; Qen. Bosnmt. will lonbtless be elected. We wotuld not have it >therwise, but at the same time we are in -eal grief at the idea of losing him; indepenu lent of his energy, watchfulntess, milita'ry ap itude and universal al'ability, lie is one of is, and seems~ like one of us.. Shoub'l circumt tances eull himi away, we jil fel like she';p with a new shepherd. - J. Ti. II. P. S. Since finishing, Col. B. has receive.1 letter from M\rs. Con. B3osu.ut: relative to a ox of shirts, drawere, socks, and comforters or; the neck, whicht had already beeni distri utedu among' the difl;.r.'nt Companies. [ 'ave the honor to returttn to .\rs- i. andl the ither ladies of the Association the mo~st g.rate.. hI thanks of the Seventh. -J. 'T. U. For the Advertiser. .Tribute of' Respect. Can'r BIT.V.a Oct. 29th, 1(1. At a meet ing of' the 3k-linyg Street Salidas, ~omp1any K. 1-th Reg. S. C. V., the following 'reamible and Resolutions in raiemoury ol P ri ate l:Estmer .D)eXy were unanimonsly dlopted. Wumas'.AS, Thie All WViso God. has seen fit o take froum onr ranks our c'omra'de~ and fel jw soldier, l'rivate. DrnstmeT DIAx, the rime of manhood; and whereas Go. K. has, sustained a loss in his death, and our country a true and gallant soldier. Therefore be it Rcsolvel, That the Country has sustained a great loss in his death, and our Company a beloved companion and faithful soldier. - Resolrld, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days. * Resoled, That we deeply sympathise with his fhimily in their sad bereavement. Resolced, That the above resolutions be published in tlf Edgenieid Adcr/iser, and a copy be forwarded to his family. D. 0. TOMKINS, Capt. Company K. Lieut. 0. W. ALT.r.x, See'y. For the Advertier. . Attention, Legislators. As the time of your annual meeting in a Legislative capacity is drawing near, I wish to direct your attention partienlarly to what I cnetive to be oea of tlhe greatent nutisantcIs of tle age, and urge upon you the Iee(.ns ity of adopting some means to prevent it.: That ii the abominable practice of a great many farmers of throwing the old fence rails, brush and briars in the road, and in the ditches on the sides of roads when they repair their old fences. Passing many plantations, soon after the old fences are repaired or moved away, we find the road almost obstructed with rubbish; old rails, bushes and briars are thrown in the road until it is nl:::ost dangerons to drive a vehicle of any kind. or even to ride on horse. back along it. I have known several ear riage wheels broken, and one tine- horse rtined by old fence rails that were thrown in the' road, instead of having been piledr and burned in the field. This rtbbish lies in the ditches, or in the road, or may he it is on!v in the f.'nce corners until it is thrown in the ditches by passers, rootel in by hogs, or blown in by the wind before the winter is over. Then comes the hard rains in Spring, the ditches on the roadside are dammed up with hrush,.the water breaks over-into the road, and many times washes the road full of gul lies. some times alnost itmpassible, just be cause the ditches are filled with brush. The season for road wo: king comes on, the hands ate called out to work the roads ; they have all this rubbish to remove, the ditches to c!ean out, and many gullies to fill up in the roads that never would have been there if the rubbish had been kept out of the ditchmes. A large portion of the work we have to do on roads, is caused by this abominable practice of throwing rubbish outside of the fence. The best argrutnent that I know of to induce men who are so blind to their interest as to smffer their rubbish thrown over their fence, instead of burning it in thei- fields (fur the ashes for manure are worth twice the work that it takes to burn the rubbish) will be the passage of a law that will make it easier for them to burn their rubbish than pay a fine. I therefore suggest to your 1Ionorable Body, that you pass a law to fine every man heavily who sufflrs his rubbish thrown outside of his fence, and remain nearer than torty feet of a public road. A Roan Woagrct. Important Correspondctce--Resigna tion o' ("cit. W alker. The following correspondence al.paars in the Richmond .Wh19/;. Iluet IA Ritt pn UR t m.Rt;AE, Camp Re:-emve, October :7, 18t1. Sim: I have the htcnor to resign my :proinmt mnent as a brigadier genteral itt the protvi.<ional army, which my self-re~get as a gen-letnmnt :and pridle as a soldier will ttot nlhaw mec any' longer to hold. I was the'Iirst otlicer in thne :ld army to resign and ottfer myt services to the Soutth. 1 was int the obl service oftener woutnded thant anty othier uflicer in it, and as ftetn brevetted for gallanmry ont the field of battle, and left it without a stain on my char ater as a gentlenian and soldier. I was hon ored by my native State (Georgia) with the comm tission otf major general of the provil ional army. In order to be in active service, I have been on the Pototmac sover al months in comnttand of a brig'ade, andl nearly every mail recently has btrought the intelligeuce of my being overelaughedl by sotme young oifler I ranked itn the old service, and this in the face of an enemy. Young ment have been put over me here who had not graduated at the West Poittt Academy until after I had been woutided several times in the service, and recommenmded by ito less a soldier than Gen. Taylor fisr high military promotion. Not content witlt putting tmy own coun/rymen over me, an olliceholder (General Lovell, from Now York eity, who was there under pay of Nbw York, whent our countrymten were gal lantly fighting at Manassas amid elsewhere) has heeni brought to the-South, and made Ivajor general over tmen ." to the mtanor born;' and, to cap the climax. the brigade I now cotmndutin, and whilch I have been tmont hi drilitig andl putting in a prtoper state of~ disci pline, is t.o be taken frtot.m. and one of tmy junttittr eolonels pa~ in comutattd of it. / l/rice my name' ri/v. /ie briymIb. I ktnow I iLave its cottidentce. Onte wotuld htave supposed that an Executive who had hitiself been a soldier would have scorned to have woundedl thte sensibilities of an old and tried soldier. Thbe sacreel Caufse fbr which I drew tmy sword I wilt fight ihr itt my ne/ire Slalfe: bitt I will not candescend ~ tbanhit anyi lotn ger tt the insults and indigttities of the E. een tive. I have the hotnor to be, with high consider tioni, your~ mtost huttble servant, ,Brig. Gen'l Comd'g Brig. To Ilon. .1. P. Ex~x.tAMrIs, Sec. of War, Richmitond, Vai. War l)epartment, ' Richtmnd, Va., October 29, 18tuI. Stin: Your letter of 27th instatnt has been rchived. In it you tetndler your resignation s brigtolier genetr.:t in the provisiotial army. t is due to self-respect that I should remark on te imnronrietyv of using this department as the channel for conveying disrespectful and insulting comments on the action of the commander-in-chief of the Army and the chief magistrate of the Confederacv. His sole offbnce, according to the statements ot your letter, consists in not 9sdctling you to ba a major general, fur there it no Cluetsion of promotion involved in the appointment of general oflicers. The law expressly vests in him the power to choose ouficers to command brigades and divisions, and it is no disparage ment.to any oflicer, whatever may have been his services, that'the Presidentprefers anoth I er as a division commander. Your state ment, therefore, that you have been over slanghed, and that you have tht. be:n sub. jcted "to the insilts and inilionities " of the E:recutive, is based on a tot:l misappnr.haen. sion of his dnties and you rights, accnrding to the laws which govern the army. Yoir communication has been submitted to the President, and, by hi.s direct inn, your res5ig nation is ar-eepted. j I have th- honortin bh-, your uah,-dir-nt :r i w nt. .l. 1'. BIu .OllNs , Aeling Seeret:ary of War. l trig.. ;en. WV. IL. T.1' Wu.rat, tichmondl, V'a. Ccn. R.ler's T)iintder. Rtcaitzosn, Oct. )0, 1861. Sin : Your communication, informing me of the accept neeof my resignation, has been received. You state that " it is due to :ty respcCt that I should remark on the imrpro priety of your using this department as the channel for conveying disrespectful aid in suiting comments on the action of the coman mnadhr-in-chief of the Ar zny and the chief agaistrate of this Confah-rnavey." My resig .ation had to be ent tharougha youtr alf part ment. It is the proper military channel, which your short sojourn in the dep:armpent Inaide you ignorimt of. I low your'self-re-spaect could have been wounded by the plan. un varnished statement of an old shli-r, I amu at a loss to divine. Snihice it to say, that my connunicration was intended for the F..wcen live, and though you have attempted in hoist your self-respect before the country in de fence of an Executive who chose to do this and to do that in the face of the public opin ion of the army and the country, 1 doubt very much whether, in trying to preerve your own se'i-respe-t, (which has not been assailed,) you will not lose the respect. of the country. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. l1. 'T. WN..::::n, To Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Richmond, Va. Governor's Message. G(entlen en of the Senate and llomse of Represcntativcs: You have been called together for the pur pose of apipointing electors of President and Vice President of these Confederated States, which has to be done on the first. Weijdnesday in this month. In addition to this, I desire to call your at tention to the present state of our military organization. From the pressing emergency of the war, so many troops have been called into active service that the remainder of our population, fit for military duty, is left in a stato of comparative disorganization. Under the late act of eighteen hundred and sixty, volunteer regiments were formed out of the old a iiitia battalions, and, in many parts of the State, the officers of beat companies, battalions and regiments have entered the new volunteer organizations, and have been mustered into Confederate service. Under this act of eighteen hundred and sixty, eleven full regiments have been formed for twelve months. The Convention also raised one regiment for six months. Under Confederate authority, a full and most efli cient legion has, likewise, been mustered into service. :nder special requis.ition froaw the President of the Coifederaue States, two regi mients were raised for andl during thai war. Eleve of thaese regiment. are now ini Ti -. n a (one zither having served' it.s timae a~nd been dizbaindd,) anid three on our own so-acost in all tifteca. I have aho recentlyg mn.tared into Coantederat.e .servieu, by special requzi.-i tion from the Presidlent. foaur zmore hli regi ments, for anad doti ing~ thle war, with ilur cav ary and two light artillery comapanzies. We have, moreover, a regimenit of infan~mtry anal a battalioni of regulair en!l.sed force. fhease will make an aggregate of somiuethiuig more than nineteen thomusand nmeu now a" actual service. B3erides this, I have the troaops of the city of Charhestoni, with a force oa flmore2 thJan three thouisandt elfective mena, placed oan a war footing, and held as a reserve, armaedl and equipped, ready for any emergency., We have, in addition, twenty-one compamens of cavalry aud mounted men in the sea coast parishes of Chiarleston, Beaufort, Colleton anid Georgetown, held ready for immnediate ser vice. These wereo first iaised tinder special resolutions of the Convenation, and are limnitedl to) tena days after the aidjournmuent of the reg ular session of the Legislature. I suggest thaL you make. the organization more per1ma neut. I authorized an iudepeizdcnt brigade in the eastern districts, towards the coast, of guerilla trmat ion, furinishing their own airmas, and prepared to act in the most cllicienit minnnyr, and well acqjuaiinted with tho pecubrar coulor mationi of that portion of the couutry. Tis was set on foot by an experienced anal ener getic ollicer, aznd will embilrace, perhapas. somei three thoauszad anen. I recommend it to your early attaentiion, and think it might be con irmiedl as a legal organizationa, at least for anda during the war. Thle country is peculiar, tuia requires ia native local force of that kind to give ellicioney to its defeznce, and this is on at plani least expensive to the State. These remarks arz also applicable to the tweanty-one montted companies of the sea-coast. I recomnmend~ that there be immeidiately~ a new military organaizatihan throughout the State. aind I suppose that new reginenmtal lnes will have to be mnade in parts of the country. I would urge that all field oflicers be appointed by the Ljetiadatuare, or bay the Goernor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The fourth brigade of the second divisiozn might properly remain as it is, as far as Charleston is conacernedt. Thleir organizattion has not beena so muich derang'ed by their 0ml eers and~ men~a voluntering,"and laeing mnus teretd inato niew and other servicec. It is esential that the Legislature shall take this whole matter up as soon as possible, and give efficiency and stability to a general sstmi, calculated to bringr all the reserves of the State inato immediate organization. Thzere is great pressure upon our resources at preent;- but, if pnnsible, I would recomn mend that the tate should raise, arm and equip two regiments, with four cavalry com panies a.: two companies of light artillery, exclusively for State purposes. I would sug gest thnt the selection of all efli..ers for the same. ,t least as hi...h as se'conld lieutenants, inclusive, shall be confined to graduates of our State Military Academy. It these two State regirments are raised, foir hundred -thou an dollars will he reqluired to arim and sustain them, unless there should be no ne cessity to cull them into active field service. It ii of 'great importance that our regular enlisted troops shall be re-enlisted for the war. They are now only for tiwelve months, ami we' cannot di::prniw wit It i rit important ervices in our c'onat garrisons. Iesides, the ex Cperience- of their I!trouph-bred oiliers is invalutable, and ought to) he seenrod ptrma nently. Trtn they have been received Into Cute.:-rata csrviee, but to re-onlist the men will reqjuie bonnt'ies, and the IConfederate (i vernirntni may nit provel,' lhtr it in time. I ther:i nr-'amnud'nl that intonp!. prt vi-ion 1. a Ie, in :a-Ivanc', lir 1liii. ilust of latr volunteer Leghoetls now in Virginia, are only fur'twelve tuonths, and I suggest that provision be made to sectre, if possible, their continuance in service for three years, or for th2 war. The brave and gal lant manner in which they h'ive served the country, together with the experience of their able ollicers, ni;kes it of the highest impor tance that you should adopt some system to secure the certain continuance of their servi ces. in ndvance, before their time expirs. The Conifdtrate Governmenm has imuposed a dir:et tax of lifty cents upon every hundred dollars' worth of certain property, specifled in the act, to be as-ceIed at its 4 actial ,,a: kettable value.' Those who own such prop erty amounting to le-s than live hu'tlrtl dol lars, are exempt froi this tax. adt) this will eximipt a large amount in the :ri'eg'care. They have, also, allotwrd each Sim te. it' it thinks proiper, to -pay its own gnatl, as a stalte. -ly so doing, ten pl' cent. is to be deducted. I recommniend that the State provide for the payment of the sane, and that one-half of it be paid by taxes imposed for that pnr"ipose, amid that the oth..r half he rai.,-d by State bonds or stocks, to be issued upon such terms .as your wislon may suggest. By thnm livi I ding the amount, it will enable our citizens to pay the other half, and the bonds will be a reli-t, under present pressure, to that ex tent. I call your attention to this now,. because the assessment will have to be made in a short time, and it requires your immediate attention, although, if the State assunes the payment, it is not actually to be made until April. The Legislature passed some appropriations to meet the exigencies of a war that, at the time', many did not anticipate would be so ex tensiye as it has turne:d out to be. I have been able to sustain the State, through a period of great difleulty, and under extraordinary demands for expenditures, such a; have never been experienced beforei and yet I have not gone, in amount, beyond what was strictly allowed. If, we had received back the expenditures we have incurred in the common cause, and which the Confede rate Congress provided for by an act cf great liberality1 passed expressly for our honlit, II should now be able to present you with a balance. The cash expenditures, through the Trea sury Department, are one million eight hun dred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventeen cents (t,889,"71.17.) For advances made, I have na'l accounts and vouchers presented, and the 1 State has been refunded, from the Cunfede rate Government, six hundred and eighty-six thotsand seven hundred and seventy-fourdol lar.-($'iS,77.). This Would leave one mil lion two hundred and two thousand five hun dred and ninety-seven dollars and seventeen I cents (.$1,202597.I1). Ihis does not include i that portion of smnall armtsand ordnance wvhich the State had purchase~d and provided herself with some veamrs sittce. As yet, we have fur nishe'd all tihe troops that have been raised, andI sent out of thbe State, or in service ofl the State, with our own airmus. I have tiade no estimate or charge for these arims, furnuished ihr Confederate service. A cott' and vottch ers fhr advances mamde to the Cour~edurateI Govertnment have becen puresenmted, but they! are not yet audited. I have every rasou tu b.lieve they will be as soon as the Govern menut shall be relieved from the great pirt's sure as to wore immediate and important busiues. T'he Legislature prmvided, as one' of the' uie'aus to meet the uppropriationus, thei innei of honds at sevenCi per. cent., limited itn amont to six hundred and seveuty-tivo thousand dollars. Of this only three hundred and sev euty-Ilive thousatnd have been issuod. They also authorized bonds to be issued to provide for thme sea-coast police, to the am~utnt of one huudi-ed and fifty thousand dollairs. These have nmot been issued either. This wol leave four hundred and fifty ihousatnd dollars of bouds anthorizetd but not issued. I recoin tuend that thtis amount he iimmetdiately changed into stocks, to he issucd and sold in such form as to suit purdhaaers, amnd upon~: such terms as to insure available toneans as soon as possible. The Bank of the State htas acted promptly antd patriotienilly in making avacet o the State, and thecse advances uhtto be secured in somne tatngible form. I inve niecessarily directed some expeitli tuires, under the peenmlar cir-cumstanmces, fur which theure wa~ nt express authority by law, hut whicht I trust you will sancetion. M Ater the excessive stufferings of our brave troops in Virginia, I di:-ected, Ott the eighth of August last, twenty thousand dollars tc be deposited in a batnk in Richtimond, for the re lie' -of' the sick and woutnded. I also pumt in. to the hand~s of' the ceoloneils of the two Iirt't regimtetts 1 sent to Virginmia t wo thousand dollars each, for anty extra- necssities that might be required for their regiments. I also deposited in the hands of the Quamrter-. master of General Bionham'. stafi' live thous and d'ollars, for immediate watnts. I was called on, under sudden and extraor'dinary circumstances, to send troops to Virginia, and, as there was -then no general orgaizationt of any kintd, I thought it, right that those whom I sent out of the State should not. suffer for atnythinig. 1 also sent on I wenty thousand dallar's to pay out' tirst regimenmt of' vohtntrerr in Richmond. In all these matters, I trust to recLeiVa your di~ent sanction. I refer you to the report of the Secretamry ofthe Teafnr, which will give y-on all de ai-infland en atuch a lucid ti-rm ac nmay be eail understood. I take this occasion to recommend that you abolish the Treasuries of the Upper and Low. er Divisions, making one Treamry and one uthlce. This will simplify all .-tate accounts very mm:h. and e:.;bl-- u to g~ive sys'em to the witn,le. No 0c1i intere4ts omnght t-> be consuled in sneh an organiz.itioni of our Treasury. This will require the action of two sucecessire Legislatures. I also urgently recommend that there shall be a change in your system of taxation. The artificial value given to lands below or above a certain line run through the State-origina ted in a condition of things, at tho period of eighteen htnndrel and' eight, which no longer exi .$. There oui ght t be a t ue: tend just valiatin of latnd made, no nitte'r where it may be ltoate..i. The tax on what is d.amiir.t ated tOwt pt;op-rty i:1 liable t) ojeetion, and shonhd lbe noditiel. The true sy-tem i.s, to raise no little :ti pm.,ible from nactiv., prchtc tive lair, and inpnt: taxe:- .npion :'.ula teil capital andl. evidIOee of inxurr. In thi. St::-, tl. a+Iml h:-:t- len, ti, raisie iar the largeor (1.ri(: Ir.: ( p..hiaI ivnr labor. I thi. were chatntmdl. anld a wi.-: syss.in -olop led. one-thirl more coul.l Ile r.tis. ai d real ly be ftlt less. It would greatliy im rease the resources of the State, and at this period, when all taxes will be felt deeply, yon.ean not too soon devote your serious at!ention to this subject. From the 30th of )ecemb'r last n-il-the 9th of Februa:ry, this St.te acted alone. She was entirely :.p:arate and independent. Du ring this pe:-im i we incurtred heavy expuendi tures. In taking Casile Pinukne'y. Fort Munltrie. and the late United States A rsenal, we acquired large supplies of heavyor-inance, arm.,, rull nun ion ot w.,r. As w.e to4-k t1he repos:i il'ility otf actet alote. ani of risking all, we were' firlyentitled to all we :m-urired. I-'ur the heavy :-;pendittires w- t.b ia incur red, ily to Ib i th of I triary, .1 hnva,. a4 vet, presumit-d lin. ('l:oUnm or* aectunt again-:t the Confeleratne Govermnnt. Oar Coivention transfe.rred, by ordinance, all these public works and frrt4, with armaintt, and so forth, to the common Giovergnment. BIy every prin ciple of public law, we are entitled to the ex penses during that period, and I doubt not but, when pres'rte:d, the claim will be recog niseu'd. Circumstances placed as in the van in this march to in.lipendence. Wt claim no exelu. sive merit, hilt, Under s,-vere ensure, a:nd thlt most trying circumst.an-es, we only tend-eavored to do our duty, faitlily and bravely. Events have since vindicated the wisdom and patri otism of our course, a.nd I c-utidently appeal to the future, with the proud consciousness tha' posterity will exultingly point to every page of our history at tablets on whose marble surface shall be engraved the record of our honor unstained, and of our integrity with ou it blemish. Soon after the ith of February, the Con fedlerate Provisional Government was formed, and, by the authority of our COnventi m, we yielded our s,-parate and indep1endent action, ind as umed the oblig;ations of the Confeder atet compact. The regular constitutional Govermnneut, un der that compaut, is now to be inau:;urated on the twenty-second day of February, and I respectfully recommend that you give it your loyal and faithful support. by all the e mstitu tion.d means at your crinmanmd. The sea-coast police has been the cause of much interest and exertion in the first of the year, and I refer you to the report of the Secreta. ry of the Interior forall the details in relation to itsa -m n'Aration in the last few tuonths. This will show he activity and care that has been exereised in that departtent. I stn'nit that the funds deposited to the credit of that de partment be now appropriated to any branch of the public service you may deem proper. The jurisdiction now assumed by the Coufed rate Governinut may relieve u.s, before long, from any further duties in relation to that branch of public service, although we must, of-course, be ready to aid and assist, by all mnieans in our p->wer, any eil'orts on the part f our common 0-overnment to prto.ect our coast. The Iswgislature auithorized1 the issue of bnds, to the amiount of one hundred and flfiy thousnmud dollars, for this special puirpose. I did not uine these bonds at all, except to hy pothecate them wiih the Presideint of the Ba3~~ik~of the State, as collateral, ou account of advauces mnade by the bank. I in like man ncr usedl the po'wer given mue to direct the batk to issue receivale paper', not t o exceed two hundre-d thousand dollars. The report of the Adjutnmut and Inspector Gucrail wilH give you accurate information of art instters~ pertaining to the milimty. This olie has been oue of great l.tior, reqtuirt.,g a high degree of huru tzment ai~ld inrorma tion, at this pecunli.ur junctuire ini one aff.iirs. I think, in every respiect, what he has done will be satisfactory. *The Qollege has beeon seriou-dy interrupted by the -conditiou of nii'airs in the country, anad the young mion, who were fell of patriot isum aud zeal, eauld not-be restrained from en teritng into active i'ervice. -It is niow, howev er, in full operation, with a very respectable numtber of' .t lenits. I tomitly hope that no ci unustanc'e will be allowed to interfere per. tmuinenidy with the~ exn.r.'i.*s of thbis noble iin situtiot. I belie've it is thcemonly ins~tit-utioni of the kimnd entirely endowed -by the State, and tnanaged by. public aut-hority, io the Con federate States. 'lnre are, apparetntly, many objections to the pevuliar orgamnizationi of such ant in.,tituitiont; but whien weV look to the prac tical results. antielr l.arg pubnlie benetit it cufelirs,,ve' ituit be coin-irained to yieild all suh objctions.. i.ruugh a paublic institu tion, controlled by the Governmuent, we are enabled to educate our yotung wen with high reigs of public devotion to the country, and bind them with stronger and more ex clusive ties of first allegiance to the State. It is this imstitution which, by dispensing educa tion eqpiudly th.'ouuh the cuomnmonwealth, has done inore to muake us a united and a loyal people than :any other single cause. Any State, with common judgmient, cani develop the wealth anud phlysical resoturces of a people, but it is tiot every State that can produce an heroic and intellect.ual race of' men. Public shools and literary institutions, nobly and genrotusly endowedl, where virtue, truth and patri'utisnmre taught as~ the cardinal doctrines of life...-withouit wvhich lifei it a ilf it not worth prering.--eani alone prodluce a mmanly race and brave men'i as idigousti to the soil. A large State, with vast resources, may presett to the world a teeming pupulation, but. this des not connsitute a great Stue. A cultiva ed and intellectual pieople. wheuse public in. stitutionis hraimn them to think bo.'ldly and free land who have the hei-oie darinir to do their duty faithfully to themselves and the world, furnish all those qualities which command the erlmiration ndi rlpft of iankind. We should, tli-refore, ;eltrI freely on anything ealcul itt.l to ee'.ev:te ilu mjral and imtell"tc teal c;nire :f ur irpepl. The Military Acade'mies have, at this impor tant period, furnished us young meal of ihm ough militnry education and training, who have been of good service. The cadets of the Citadel Academy, in Ch.rlestqn, under immediate command of the scietitfic otlicer then at the heatl of that institution, were the first corps I directed to occupy a new battery on the channel, with positive orders to open the fir!. At tslim bat t;'rv the nobly did th..ir duty, in e I:janetion with thi" Vigihamt. Riflke, Geriitlii lillenen, and Zo:av.- ('mleI-t:. Off the ptlh d av of Jana-tr lar, they lrw .th. lanyar.I (f the very fi's ("raanon that wo:er Vt' fired ilt) v...-l h io rn' :. 1 of ih.. eal.i UCnio, rdl "i hm.,hiy' n'.ro. h..r har-:, ii led, :. vho wa , w.:ii i:-l 111"m to intade I'our s-.11ad ailit nwh-::pe(i.tl rk-r:, frol thea li..it...:t '. :. l ot' t be I'nib-:1 Si: ', iark... i r I.i.. l. dt iint'lii:itan e':. of inra ch ('ry n l ipi:yt'iv. It va tli- annon, whic'h opened-u pon I helX,,- .the ! /, that rnild a~lt hah'-illin of trelt-menr to rths in tis6 our s;ee )sd v.ar of inde peudatnce. In sever.I points- of Visew, these Mili-'y Academi- hav.' fnli vindicated ti.e wis l m of tbose' who lowz:oled4 thmrn. ar.d I now re comndi. tht.;t tht-y" h'. muited im~o om-t int ti tutio:1, and that th'Le aprpitotb rew l so ac ito ent!:.-r- its us--tinlner-:. Wli:<-: :h. 11:31itution i:shu ies ri, it (- 1111l be lcit -:d at the ;nost :ni L'd1 le 1ha(. I wuil1 sugst tht. -itli4.- mn )'t il0:", prtiamt pl!..reo tit woubl i~' Sto!.san's I.;lImid. WIth thi vi:.v, I wtodl r.'c'oi:wlteil that th. (tiat' procuI::{re the rtr-nt -i': (,I 1.'rt .,ni I rie f, r I lh: I:t:'p fn 1' ,i tm - i ii 611h the acad 'ny, to be. ue;d 1:s a p .I tir dtlI1 and exere' in h. av arti c-r, Otj l per:'nC:sl gua nery. Since Fort .umter haas ho.--t put in com plete ordir, with all the guns for the irsttiie mounted, it entirely commands, not only the harbir of Charleston and its entranco, but Fort Monkri', anId theref'ore the por-es:i in o ibi latter thrO:ss is not at all essential to the Confede r:id i. te G.-emltll.r. W\ithl the t:;t.- Military A.-ademnt lw a:,"l on S.ilii'a's I1=land. Kort Monitrie 'rubtel he kept. in n-.pa r and thorough order y rhe' cadats, and thus save an annual cxpensso to the Contsierelam G'overnrntmra, and. breide., it would add lnch to the practical knowledge of the cadet-. No ex p t e should de:er us from placing this aadety on the highet (voting. We ought to enlarge it; nsefulne:s, by* admitting cadets. from other States, except, of course, thoie who may be benefsicin.-s. By. e:ilarging tho capacity of this institution, we nct UnIv .ecurle that 'cence and traijing, so essential in all modern warfare, butt So absuhatelv necessary to give a small State the capacity to dend itsell from the strong and powerful. In the' present situation ' our country, th. state that, give, her peiplo the highest military ednuation will he mo.st deeplr felt in all the struggtles that must inevitabjly arise in the future. I trust the Iostitaltin for tiet L?h.a;iition of tio leaf and Dunnb will continne t., r'0.eive your bounty and carl*. The Lunaril- A yl'zu, I hope, will ever remain a noleii 1110111:11g. m .n1 of your constant and nnuificent benevilenle. The i.-ure of the -ix per cent. bonds au thorized to carry .n the State HIouse, was lim1 itel to their being sold at not less than nine ty five cents in the dollar. As the snle could not be etyected at this rate, I gave notice to the superintendent to snpen all further work, lie represented that oejhit wt.rk wL; essemtial to presrve the line quarry romt ihjnry'by freshets, and it was luo. SArte work on the finer marble has also been con tiued--on an arrangement made by the su periutoudeut with the bank, and at the rick, I believe, of the contractors themselv,. All other work has been susended. It is a building fashioned on a very superior model, and will compare favorably, as to style, with amost. any work, and the material is all of the~ brLst kind. Although it has been comn mneecd on aL scale miuch beyond our limited meansi, yet everything ought to be immedi atelv provided to preseive it from the weather at present. I sugguest that it ought to be permanently covered, cntl this can be done Dnw at a cost of about one hundred and tityt t.tiousaind dollarr,. The cntractors would t'ke the bands ordered to ho issued at rix pr cent., even if below thet ninety-five cente,. andc receive thetm' in p'aymenit. 11 so, it might be dire'et ed to the am->uut necsary te o~ me the bsildling:, protvided the contravt for thesamnoiholdl not be 'rucreased in amour.t to mueet any d.epre-sed value of the bond3. In 18MC- seventeu- .thousanud five hin-dred] and foutr-oen dollars andil ninety-f've ceuts were received f'romn the Unlited States Goverr. useut as due South Carolina tn 'accoun:t et disi'ibution from sale of public lands. I rc .commeend that it bepso tu the credit of the Treasury anid :eppropriated. There ale also one thousand six hujndred and fit ty do,! lra, bailance from ati aipprirationiL to n e wiowi and orhans of the Paln'''tto lit; - iuent. Tuls Lsud!l he immdiai(ltei l p.edV to the credit of the Treasury. There are many of our citizeus, and some of them of large fortunes, now residing out of t.hc State. At this period, when tile ser viCcs, in msome formn, of every son - of Somih Carolina way be absolutely uccesary, I sub mit to you the propriety of c-alli::g theml homc. and it is for your wi~dom to annex the coditionls you maiy thinak paroper to sne a It is a source of great satisfaction to me to draw your attention to the fact that all clas ses of our people, without exception, have been loyal and devoted to the State in this her dav of trial, and amnongst themt I would particelarly may that the free peopile of' color have done their dluty also. At an unitanJIt~t timie last spring, wh'eni the whole of outr popn-' lation were initensely eveited, f'rom Cohnntbit, and Charlestont, and elsewvhere, they fortmally of'ered their ser-vices to mue, to act iu any ca pacity in which they might serve their state. They'were, iln mainy inistancs, emp1loyed- I trust, thte day is fatr'distant when this State will refutse to extend her gua~rdian protection to this ittfertunato and helpjless class of' our' neople. 1 here is a remnant of thte Cainba Indijans in our State, and I fel assuiredl that they will reive youir usual care and attention. Mansy b~enevolent and kind citizens of' our Sat.-- have, with great energy and devoti., to the i-ick and wounded of our soldiers in X'r giiahstbihed hospitals in their own way,